The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1931
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
10:22 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 106
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.49° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.03° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.